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Thesis etd-09132007-172141


Thesis type
Tesi di laurea specialistica
Author
Nani, Claudio
URN
etd-09132007-172141
Thesis title
Design of a threshold-configuring successive approximation A/D converter for wireless applications
Department
INGEGNERIA
Course of study
INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA
Supervisors
Relatore Ing. Saponara, Sergio
Relatore Ing. Nuzzo, Pierluigi
Relatore Prof. Fanucci, Luca
Keywords
  • ADC
  • analog to digital converter
  • converter
  • successive approximation
  • threshold configuring
  • UWB
  • wireless
  • A/D
  • ultra wideband
Graduation session start date
16/10/2007
Availability
Withheld
Release date
16/10/2047
Summary
This thesis describes the design of a Threshold-Configuring successive approximation (SAR) analog to digital (ADC) converter for Ultra Wideband (UWB) applications. The first part of this thesis focuses on the evaluation of the impact of channel mismatches on the performance of time interleaving ADCs. The results of this study are used to derive the circuit level design requirements of a time interleaving converter that complies with UWB standards.
In the second part, these specifications have been used to design of a SAR ADC that can be used as channel converter in a time interleaving system. In this design, a nowel SAR architecture has been employed.
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